On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 10:40:09 +0300 Ярослав Машко <yaroslaw.mas...@gmail.com> said:
> Hello, > > I get a feeling that XPresent extension is supposed to be used in window > managers specifically. I'm just a simple user. Can I use the extension, for > better control of interactive, or semi-interactive graphics, from an > application? > > To elaborate. I see a good use for frame notification for an user-level > application. Now my window manager is xfwm4. It can use the extension and > also seem to redirect all application-level windows. > What is the strategy to use the extension in the presence of a window > manager? I mean, in general, the WM can redirect, composite, or do > something else, or do some subset of the list. > > So, in general, what should I know to use the extension at user-level? Is > it intended for users at all? In most simple way, would call to > XPresentPixmap from a user-level application, pass it to the X11/WM? And > most importantly, will it return a correspondent to the call notification > back to my application? you can use xpresent just as a vsync timer event. time your animation to vsync events - dont go faster or slower than the screen can handle and use those events to trigger animation frame redraws. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com
